What a trip. Another adventure for Jon and his camaro. Just my luck, a loose wire and the engine overheated a bit. Fixed that in a couple minutes and was back on the road (tip: never trust anybody else with the electronics on your car, ~cough Tim...Ethan...Chris S. cough~). Anyways, car ran great after fan started working again.
I can't believe the 8mm wires made that much of a difference, so simple .
Back to the adventure. I was coming to rt 81 where the penn turnpike (70/76) stops when my drivers side rear tire blows out! Great...this couldn't be any worse. Well thank God that was the worst of it. Rim wasn't damaged even though radial became completely detached. $53 and AAA later I was on the road with an H rated used 245/50-16. What a spring break let me tell you. It went so fast when all you did was go to sleep thinking about one thing....the car. Good news is that the engine is looking GREAT with the strut tower brace back in. It looked naked without it. I'll post pictures of the final project in a while. For now there are a few more new pictures posted http://jon.betamp3.com

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, Jon (350 TBI!)
91 Red RS w/grey int, sq stereo (Alpine v12, kicker solo, MB quart premium etc)

• Holley 670 TB unit w/ 1/2" spacer/adapter
• Edelbrock RPM vortec intake
• 350ho 330hp vortec crate motor
• 8" harm. balancer
• Stewart stage 2 water pump w/160 thermo
• SLP tri-y headers to full 3"
• Rebuilt trans w/ SLP shift kit
• Centerline 16x8's all around
• 36/24 mm sway bars
• Full poly bushings, even motor mounts
• SLP LCA and panhard
• Alston SFCs
• Edelbrock 3 point STB
• Global west steering brace aka wonderbar
• Eibach pro kit springs
• Bilstien high perf. struts and shocks
• All this and I still have AC

My websiteAny questions?

 

By the way, I drove 540 miles and filled the tank 10.4 gallons, then 13.4g. Do that math and that all equals almost 23mpg. And no the car wasn't running lean, not even an SES light. The engine has great pull, never downshifted for a hill, 74mph at 2000rpm . I'm very happy with the swap so far and must say I'm very proud of the combination of parts and performance gain.

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, Jon (350 TBI!)
91 Red RS w/grey int, sq stereo (Alpine v12, kicker solo, MB quart premium etc)

• Holley 670 TB unit w/ 1/2" spacer/adapter
• Edelbrock RPM vortec intake
• 350ho 330hp vortec crate motor
• 8" harm. balancer
• Stewart stage 2 water pump w/160 thermo
• SLP tri-y headers to full 3"
• Rebuilt trans w/ SLP shift kit
• Centerline 16x8's all around
• 36/24 mm sway bars
• Full poly bushings, even motor mounts
• SLP LCA and panhard
• Alston SFCs
• Edelbrock 3 point STB
• Global west steering brace aka wonderbar
• Eibach pro kit springs
• Bilstien high perf. struts and shocks
• All this and I still have AC

My websiteAny questions?

 

glad ya made it back in one piece. I was wondering how the engine would perform on a long trip like that. Hope you get a chance to read my e-mail now that you are back.
All the best.......bob

 

Bob, you've got mail!

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, Jon (350 TBI!)
91 Red RS w/grey int, sq stereo (Alpine v12, kicker solo, MB quart premium etc)

• Holley 670 TB unit w/ 1/2" spacer/adapter
• Edelbrock RPM vortec intake
• 350ho 330hp vortec crate motor
• 8" harm. balancer
• Stewart stage 2 water pump w/160 thermo
• SLP tri-y headers to full 3"
• Rebuilt trans w/ SLP shift kit
• Centerline 16x8's all around
• 36/24 mm sway bars
• Full poly bushings, even motor mounts
• SLP LCA and panhard
• Alston SFCs
• Edelbrock 3 point STB
• Global west steering brace aka wonderbar
• Eibach pro kit springs
• Bilstien high perf. struts and shocks
• All this and I still have AC

My websiteAny questions?

 

you did exactly what i plan on doing in 1 or 2 yrs.. i want to put a 350 in my car and keep the tbi... good luck with the new set up.. i am kind of curious about your new times.. when you get them of course.
Shawn

 

JP, I am curious at your ALDL output. Specifically, how your BLM's look. They must be near 128 with such good driveability... NICE